Employees in the Redford Union School District noticed a problem Tuesday with a mailing they received telling them about a new dental coverage plan. The envelopes that contained the information had the employees’ social security numbers listed on the address labels, where the zip codes should have been…. The district said the dental coverage carrier,…
Category: Exposure
Bike Nashbar Hacked
This site was contacted last week by a customer who had experienced the same problem as reported by other customers of Bike Nashbar (complaints here). Now the Citizen-Times is reporting that discount retailer Bike Nashbar (www.nashbar.com) is calling customers to warn them that their credit card information may have been stolen: A Citizen-Times editor received…
Dumpster Diving California Banks
There’s a news story on CBS13 out of Sacramento that suggests that at least some banks are still not adequately disposing of paper with personal information. The news team reports that Jonah Nelson has allegedly admitted to stealing the identities of more than 500 people by dumpster diving local banks and businesses. According to the…
CFTC Fines Interbank for Security Breach
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today simultaneously filed and settled charges against Interbank FX, LLC (Interbank), ordering Interbank to pay a $200,000 civil monetary penalty for violating rules designed to protect the confidential personal information of consumers. The CFTC order also requires Interbank to establish a comprehensive security program that provides administrative, technical, and…
Broadridge Financial Breach Exposes Dynegy Shareholder Info
Broadridge Financial Solutions,Inc. provides proxy services for clients, including the processing, distribution and tabulation of Annual Meeting Proxy materials for registered shareholders of publically traded companies. On June 2, 2009, the firm inadvertently disclosed Dynegy shareholder information including name, address, Social Security number and other account information to another client. Broadridge notified the shareowners by…
MA: Commonwealth Solar Breach
About 810 residents who had applied for the Massachusetts Commonwealth Solar rebate program had their personal information posted on a government Web site for nearly an hour, according to a notice from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative. The quasi-public agency that administers the program said a file containing the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of…